Questions and answers
Parliamentary questions can be asked by any MSP to the Scottish Government or the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. The questions provide a means for MSPs to get factual and statistical information.
- Written questions must be answered within 10 working days (20 working days during recess)
- Other questions such as Topical, Portfolio, General and First Minister's Question Times are taken in the Chamber
Urgent Questions aren't included in the Question and Answers search. There is a SPICe fact sheet listing Urgent and emergency questions.
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Question reference: S5W-24740
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 August 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Ash Denham on 6 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government when it will introduce a family law bill.
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Question reference: S5W-24744
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 August 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 6 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government whether roadside drug-testing kits have been delivered to Police Scotland.
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Question reference: S5W-24757
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 August 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 6 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason its police officer number statistics do not provide information regarding the number of officers in public facing, middle and supporting process roles.
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Question reference: S5W-24717
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 August 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 6 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its response is to the reported claim by the General Secretary of the Scottish Police Federation that it is underfunding the police service.
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Question reference: S5W-24723
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 August 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 6 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government on what dates its stakeholder group on restorative justice has met, and what its terms of reference are.
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Question reference: S5W-24731
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 August 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 6 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many police officers are armed with Tasers, and what its position is on expanding the number of such officers.
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Question reference: S5W-24755
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 August 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 6 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government what its response to the claim by the Channel 4 News Fact Check that “it's hard to say how many police officers are actually 'on the beat' in Scotland today.”
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Question reference: S5W-24756
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 August 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 6 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government for what reason its police officer number statistics have not been formally assessed by the Office for Statistics Regulation.
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Question reference: S5W-24716
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 August 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 6 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how many police officers are funded by each local authority.
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Question reference: S5W-24728
- Asked by: Liam Kerr, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: Tuesday, 13 August 2019
- Current Status: Answered by Humza Yousaf on 6 September 2019
To ask the Scottish Government how it ensures that the Scottish Prison Service explicitly takes the safety and welfare of victims and their families into account when making temporary release decisions.
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